Germany-based SUSE Linux has gone through its fourth sale in the last 15 years, with the new owner, Swedish growth investor EQT, having acquired the company from current owner, Britain's Micro Focus, for US$2.535 billion, with the UK firm using the proceeds to repay part of its existing debt.

American technology companies may be required by law to inform the government if they permit countries seen as enemies — China and Russia, for example — access to the source code of applications that are being used by the US military.

Shares of Britain's biggest technology company, Micro Focus, have fallen by nearly half after it warned of a bigger than expected drop in revenue for the 12 months ending October 2018 and its chief executive quit.